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Glasbiidae

Osteichthyes - Glasbiidae

Taxonomy
Glasbiidae was named by Clemens (1966). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Davis (2007).

It was reranked as the subfamily Glasbiinae by Clemens (1979), Pascual (1983).

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Clemens (1979), Pascual (1983); to Didelphoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Paucituberculata by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Pediomyoidea by Davis (2007), Beck et al. (2008); to Hatcheriformes by Goin et al. (2010); and to Polydolopimorphia by Goin et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Glasbiidae Clemens
1979Glasbiinae Clemens p. 193
1983Glasbiinae Pascual
1997Glasbiidae McKenna and Bell
2004Glasbiidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 462
2007Glasbiidae Davis p. 247
2008Glasbiidae Beck et al. p. 758
2010Glasbiidae Goin et al.
2023Glasbiidae Goin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyGlasbiidae
familyGlasbiidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Glasbiidae Clemens 1966
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G. †Esteslestes Novacek et al. 1991
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Esteslestes ensis Novacek et al. 1991
G. †Glasbius Clemens 1966
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Glasbius intricatus Clemens 1966
Glasbius piceanus Cohen et al. 2020
Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982
G. †Periakros Goin et al. 2010
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Periakros ambiguus Goin et al. 2010
G. †Reigia Pascual 1983
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Reigia punae Pascual 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Priabonian or 72.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Glasbius piceanus (215635)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Glasbius intricatus (14515) Glasbius sp. (14516 14517 14562) Glasbius twitchelli (14507 14508 14533 14535 14536 14549 14616 14618 14624 14647 14649 14650 172642 172644)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Glasbius twitchelli (14655)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Glasbius intricatus (14519 14522)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Glasbius twitchelli (45137)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Glasbius sp., Glasbius intricatus (59068)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Glasbius twitchelli (183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Glasbius intricatus (14585)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1Mexico (Baja California) Didelphidae indet. (15671)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Argentina (Salta) Reigia punae (175809)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Periakros ambiguus (176200)